Education reform continues: the government has reduced the number of educational fields and specialties
Kyiv • UNN
The Ukrainian government has adopted a new list of fields and specialties, reducing their number from 28 to 11. This will bring Ukrainian higher education closer to European standards and facilitate academic mobility of students.
According to the government's decision, Ukraine will almost triple the number of educational branches, which will bring Ukrainian education closer to European standards. This was stated by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, UNN reports .
Details
The agency explains that Ukraine is implementing a number of European legal norms and adapting domestic legislation to them. In particular, this applies to the transformation of higher education.
Thus, the government adopted a new list of industries and specialties, which is close to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED).
What it changes:
- Instead of 28, the new list identifies 11 industries that are maximally integrated with European standards.
- Higher education standards approved for each specialty will be updated in accordance with EU regulations, which facilitates academic mobility of students.
- Ukrainian higher education will be integrated into the Single European Higher Education Area as much as possible.
In addition to European integration, this decision is strategically important for the further implementation of the Law of Ukraine “On Individual Educational Trajectories”. In the near future, we will prepare a table of correspondence between the 2015 List of fields of knowledge and specialties and the new List adopted today
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The head of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, explained that harmonization of educational sectors will help avoid bureaucratic red tape and simplify admission to European universities for a master's degree or exchange program.
We have to adapt every sphere to the European one, especially education. Students will start entering universities according to the new standards next year
Recall
Deputy Economy Minister Tetyana Berezhna said that 15.6 thousand Ukrainians have received vouchers for education at the expense of the state since the beginning of this year, for a total of UAH 114 million. Nursing and psychology are among the most popular voucher programs.
